Guide for the monetary history of the southern
Low Countries and the principality of Liège
and of Stavelot-Malmédy (Middle Ages and Early
Modern period)
1 lb. (pond, livre, pound, libra) = 20 s. (schellingen, sous, solidi) = 240 d. (penningen, deniers, groats, denarii)
1 s. = 12 d.
1 pond groten Vlaams (lb. gr. Vl.)
1 pond parisis (Parijse munt) (lb. par. (regii))
1 pond parisis Vlaams (lb. par.) = 1 pond Vlaams (lb. fl.)
1 pond groten Brabants (lb. gr. Br.)
1 pond artois of gulden (lb. art.)
1 pond tournois (lb. ts.)
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Vlaamse groot |
Penning Brabantse groten |
Sterling |
Penning koninklijke parisis |
Penning Koninklijke pond Tournois |
Penning Vlaamse parisis |
Miten |
Penning payment |
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= Penning van ‘lb. de XL gr.’ |
= ‘franc’ |
= penning Henegouwse pond Tournois |
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1 |
3/2 |
3 |
6 |
15/2 |
12 |
24 |
40 |
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2/3 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
5 |
8 |
16 |
80/3 |
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1/3 |
1/2 |
1 |
2 |
5/2 |
4 |
8 |
40/3 |
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1/6 |
1/4 |
1/2 |
1 |
5/4 |
2 |
4 |
20/3 |
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2/15 |
1/5 |
2/5 |
4/5 |
1 |
8/5 |
16/5 |
16/3 |
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1/12 |
1/8 |
1/4 |
1/2 |
5/8 |
1 |
2 |
10/3 |
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1/24 |
1/16 |
1/8 |
1/4 |
5/16 |
1/2 |
1 |
5/3 |
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1/40 |
3/80 |
3/40 |
3/20 |
3/16 |
3/10 |
3/5 |
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All these data are a generalization. Changes of the currency in the course of time are possible. The medieval and early modern clerks often explain the currency of the used monetary units at the beginning of their account.
Sources
Vandewalle, P., Oude maten, gewichtenen muntstelsels in Vlaanderen, Brabant enLimburg (Oostende, 1984), p. 65-70.
Vleeschouwers-Van Melkebeek, M., Compotus sigilliferi curie Tornacensis: Rekeningen van de officialiteit van Doornik 1429-1481 (Brussel, 1995: Koninklijke academie van België. Koninklijke commissie voor geschiedenis. Publicaties in 4), deel 1, XXXI-XXXVII.